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  Happy Monday, listeners.

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  For Scientific American Science Quickly, I'm Rachel Feldman.

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  You're listening to our weekly science news roundup.

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  Let's catch up on some recent headlines.

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  Today, we've got quite a few news items on science and tech policy in the U.S.,

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  but I promise there's a sassy little animal story waiting for you at the end.

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  Let's start with some troubling news about the Environmental Protection Agency,

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  which frankly has seemed pretty determined lately to do less of the whole environmental protection thing.

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  Last Monday, the EPA revoked a Biden-era rule that limited

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  how much carbon dioxide could be emitted by gas, oil and coal-fired power plants.

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  When the carbon pollution standards were announced in 2024, the EPA estimated

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